Maria
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,760
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 53.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 29.4% (estimated) · 2016: 25.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.3%2016: 14.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.1%2016: 9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21%2016: 19.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.7%2016: 31.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32.2%2016: 25.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.3%2011: 23.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.9%2011: 32.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.2%2011: 9.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33%2016: 28.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.6%2011: 5.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.6%2016: 7.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%7.4%2016: 12.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%24.2%2016: 22.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33.2%2016: 33.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%26.6%2016: 25.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.8%2016: 0.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%64.6%2016: 66.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%34.7%2016: 32.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2.5%2016: 2.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%95.1%2016: 96%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.5%2016: 1.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%73.4%2016: 72.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%27%2016: 27.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%74.2%2016: 74.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.2%2016: 4.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.4%2016: 4.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.3%2016: 2.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12.4%2016: 9.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.4%2016: 4.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.2%2016: 86.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.6%2016: 1.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.7%2016: 7.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.6%2016: 3.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021